Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the articles that appeared on the site over the week.
This week at theEHP we report on rouge landlord and illegal encampment guidance, a foodborne outbreak report and prosecutions.
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Saxon Environmental Associates
Saxon Environmental Associates is able to offer high quality services and support, at reasonable cost.
Whether its training, auditing, policies and procedures, or just advice we can help and support your business.
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General
General: Powers available to deal with illegal and unauthorised encampments
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has called on councils to clamp down on illegal encampments and to stop unauthorised traveller sites being set up.
Food Safety
Food Safety: Takeaway boss banned from running food business
Stafford Borough Council has welcomed a court decision to ban the owner of a takeaway from running a food business.
Food Safety: Red Chilli fined for food safety offences after outbreak
A Leeds city centre restaurant has been fined for serious food safety offences found in an unannounced inspection after reports of salmonella food poisoning that left 19 people ill (Full Foodborne Outbreak Report Included).
Health & Safety
Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 03 September – 07 September
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. A selection of the latest prosecutions by the HSE. Where possible, links are provided to relevant British Standards, guidance and publications.
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Housing
Case Summary: Newcastle City Council HIMO prosecution and IMO
A landlord with properties in Newcastle upon Tyne has been prosecuted by Newcastle City Council for operating two Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) without the required licences (by Jack Kane, Newcastle City Council).
Opinion: Can landlords be held liable for defects created by a tenant?
Can landlords be held liable for defects in a property created by tenant damage or alterations? Sian Evans analyses a recent High Court ruling.
Housing: New guidance for dealing with rogue landlords
Ministers have launched a major clampdown on rogue landlords to bring an end to suburban shanty towns that trap vulnerable people in dangerous living conditions.
Public Health
Public Health: Dog owner is hit with £500 bill for football fouling
A man who let his dog foul on a football pitch in Stone has been handed a bill of nearly £500. Magistrates heard Nigel Green let his black Labrador dog off its lead at the town’s Westbridge Park. It was seen defecating on the grass behind one of the goalposts in the park.
Public Health: Desert’s Rose café in court for breaking smokefree law
Mr Mohammed Quren, owner of the Desert’s Rose Ltd, 55 Bute Street in Luton, was found guilty at Luton Magistrate’s Court on Thursday 16 August for failing to comply with law by not preventing smoking in a smokefree place.
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